♫ → Birthday - Selena Gomez ♫ → 22 - Taylor Swift ♫ → M.F.P.O.T.Y. - Cher Lloyd ♫ → All Night - Icona Pop ♫ → Shake It Off - Taylor Swift ♫ → Gorgeous - Taylor Swift ♫ → Green Light - Lorde ♫ → Boom Clap - Charli XCX ♫ → Worth It - Fifth Harmony ♫ → Timber - Pitbull ft. Ke$ha ♫ → I Didn’t Just Come Here to Dance -Carly R. Jepsen ♫ → Into You - Ariana Grande ♫ → Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon ♫ → Dress - Taylor Swift ♫ → Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen ♫ → Rainbow - Kesha ♫ → Style - Taylor Swift ♫ → Girlfriend - Icona Pop ♫ → That’s My Girl - Fifth Harmony ♫ → New Year’s Day - Taylor Swift
VOLUNTEER SPOTS
VOLUNTEER ONE fangirls Tinsley Wyatt and their excitement briefly causes a frenzy forcing them to be escorted from the party and back to the lobby for a cool down.
VOLUNTEER TWO does not really know Eva, but is claiming a closer connection to get some of that fine food.
VOLUNTEER THREE is really starting to doubt and rethink their present. Is there a way they can reclaim it, sneak out, and sneak back in with a different one? Oy. D:
LACEY MORRIS was recruited to help out with the birthday games and is willing to go above and beyond to pull as many guests into them as possible.
GREGORY MARPLE and ANABEL MARPLE sneak into the Ardente pantry to make out and are caught by CAMILA MARPLE.
VOLUNTEER EIGHT desperately wants to personally wish Eva happy birthday, but the timing is just not working out for them.
VOLUNTEER NINE is intent on getting one of the first slices of cake. While the group is singing happy birthday to Eva, they sliiide forward and bump into VOLUNTEER TEN, who accidentally shoves a hand into the top of the cake.
VOLUNTEER ELEVEN does not like the signature drink named after Eva, it's clearly doing her a disservice, and devotes some time trying to convince the bartender to change the recipe.
VOLUNTEER TWELVE has forgotten their gift--but no worries! Instead, they decide to add their name to someone else's as if they had gone in on it together all along!
MAIN ROOM & DECOR
AT 6:45 PM, Ardente opens for guests. They are checked off of a list (the list essentially encompasses the entirety of Fall City, so there's a 99% chance you're on it) before being ushered into the main room of the restaurant.
Most of the tables are moved to the edges of the room to allow for ample space to dance. They're decorated in glitter tablecloths--each has a cup full of glow sticks, a stack of birthday mad libs, and a simple, floral arrangement.
EVA'S ARRIVAL
The EXPECTATION is that Eva will arrive with Camila at 7:15 PM and that everyone will stop what they're doing, turn, and shout 'SURPRISE!'. (Eva is no longer surprised since Gregory gave it away.)
After the initial surprise, Sofia jumped Eva and trapped her with a sash and headband.
DIY PHOTO BOOTH
After Eva's arrival, the DIY Photo Booth is set up with a sign indicating that if guests want to participate, they need to employ someone to take pictures for them. However, it's likely servers can be bribed to help for tips.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Walking around the party are servers with trays holding small bites. Hover for descriptions. You can make it your mission to try one or try them all--good luck! The servers are well-paid, but they're also kind of jerks, so they're not super pleased about having to cater to whoever shows up to the party. Well, until Tinsley Wyatt gets there. ;)
In addition to the roaming servers are two "main food" stations: a taco bar and a waffle bar. There are sweet and savory options on the waffle bar.
Or if sweets are the preference, hit up the dessert wall. There's something for everyone. Donuts. Trifle. Cake. Cookies. Pudding. Candy. Uhh...s'mores.
No birthday party is complete without a birthday cake. And Sofia was up most of last night making it. Eva loves chocolate, but the cake would look lonely on the table by itself, so she framed it with cake pops and two different kinds of cupcakes. The strawberry funnel cake cupcake comes with a shot.
When it's time to sing Happy Birthday to Eva, guests can find servers ready to light their sparklers which were passed out at some point.
It isn't a party without something to drink and Sofia's ALL about the alcohol, so! Since she invited the entire town without age limits, she made sure that all the underage kiddos were stamped with IDK some kind of stamp so that they weren't served. (I mean, the town is covered in cops, yo.) But never fear! There are plenty of drinks for EVERYONE.
The bar is stocked normally, so drinks aren't limited to the below.
For the night, there are THREE signature cocktails wandering around on trays via servers. A Pineapple Upside Down Cake martini, a Birthday Cake martini, and a Cotton Candy margarita. The bar is serving virgin versions of these! (I can personally vouch for the first--it tastes delicious without the vodka.)
The only things ~definitely off limits~ from the under 21 crowd are the shots/jello shots. These are mostly fruit/candy themed.
GAMES & OTHER ACTIVITIES
Food is great, but it's only one part of a party. Toward the back of the room, please find a gigantic Jenga set with mostly appropriate drinking rules/suggestions.
There are decks of Uno with revised rules, though you can totally just play Uno to play. There's already a table set up in the darkest corner of the room with beer pong illuminated by glow sticks. There are also regular decks of cards somewhere to play Kings, which can be a lot of fun, depending on the group.
Sofia had someone make her cornhole boards and those are eventually brought out and set up away from the dance floor. (Though it's not unreasonable to assume that someone got hit with a rogue beanbag.)
And if none of those appeal, Buzzfeed has a list of drinking games that someone could initiate.
TINSLEY WYATT'S ARRIVAL
Sofia somehow found Tinsley Wyatt and managed to convince her to come to Eva's birthday party as her present. The condition being: Tinsley is not singing. As Tinsley is a human being and deserves some time and space, Sofia expects people to behave at the party with her around. If she notices any weird behavior, she'll toss you out or make you go to another room, etc.
Approach with respect, etc. Behave yourselves, people. Do Fall City proud.